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Rabbi Browne,

To THE EDITOR OF TEE SUN-Sr: VIII you
permit partisan Jsveas . small space In your col
prssumes to stand In the van Of Jewish thinker and
preacher and Who In your edition Of Aug claims to
be she ssena-rsos to speak of the entire jewish rAcA
the seligmaus and few othsrs excepteds
tt mus, sesm strange 70 people outside the Jewish
faith holding the interests Of race deeply
At heart take up weapons snd eudses 10 his own
defsncs and instead Of larss tolerance and 10
tience which . Talmudic schaiar b supposed to b
oies.ed win in religious disputes and differences OF
opinion the pstusst tools OF psrsonAi rstou and AMI
mAdvsrsiou
From the po.n, of vsw taken BY all earnest aud sor
rowing Judaism nothins 10 fatal peaceful rsla
!s.i.h leader: "a. - ssSo aiawns a''
4: s:
Via q. S1 a.: one me 5. sa. to
busy .Ss s.oS sroxas lar rom 81 S spas
N ss Ss :. o. TS.s {. &:
brethren the pulpit aud ortbodox-soth steer
Il. sa &c rs i.a ..s and s'aa'ao
a'ssnss :.a j.. :% !. III 3, Z
eses 70 ss.r nc re real ole Ss n any
"s TAKE Ak. fG <, s1.%P, s and P.ntl
the lew. IG.s question q mos. Vita iap'rt 20 The
ss ss ."s
. ~ A' s and .s as' y. II :,
Al. The accumulated feeling Of ysars the memory Of
IMAGINARY sights place. upon him By thoss hilner In
pSer or pssiiDn have here found stripped OF ia
Aasion. aud charges sEanst the iHanA ami the no
pested declaration that the ethical uiIure Suciey u
s.isd defence contain, no word 4 importance
Congregation he sddressrs nnyihinx that entities A.
90 even passing notice sinee. however he takes The
tniua I've and pr"ppet up ny njunetions from Judicial
,nss Jpn 70. being heart Z I. q, gel to place him la.t
- indeed nohns-nethsr an ortl..dox nor q reform
Jew neither stud ut discp'e the A,Aac Avs
hn h.rsAi,sr. Iut wl u nsers.i.y Js one fsr which
tstsr OF the Je Slsh fAlth.
Ihai kIbh hr"Sns may have accomplished Soms
good work and have bern he meanS rSTrssinR Or on
,EynE 70 rslress sdrh aliases a. he eancsiyss "a be
hts methods ~ WORK la ca ssa Gre utterly Al Variance
With he rsmedies he proposes and his enerss which
p-ThAps properly scnLS,eI aud framed mixht be ~
ineacIiaoe value 70 he Peep are FILTERED away and
have he misf"r ubs IN dlslgree with him r. J. n
CA11iLI AouHrAiSa sunday. Aug ~ 1871
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THE AIR or "JoAx sxowx,s BoDx.
Perhaps 81 Pure Negro Origin. asa Cerssiai,
Oace that OF . vssasS Bsas.
shs Enu>ss

PROM tie 81 Jassess Gasetsa
You were pleased to publish q few days ago,
accumulation from the subject the ssoesis
Of the ENG Of Jonn Bro~u" That the air 70 which
10 sung 10 Also very interesting aud belongs 70 cum.
pIee history Of the "Marsslass OF the EN-
Though adapted 70 Neihodist hymn appear In The
beginning to have been kind Of song and
may be possibly OF purely negro "rin Lieut. Chandler
during halt At Shady Dale 10 Georgia the tYeeral,
baud struck up John Browns body ues moudsrins 10
the grave" Great the amusement Of the soldiers
TO see . number Of negro xiris come oai one By
one from the deserted housea and. forming . circle
round the band. dance IN grave and dignied manner
without smiling. - II 10 kind OF . maEicaI or
reiE,ous ceremony. The dance they disappeared
The band played other ara but the girls did resp
pear: and their modest and department this
occasion made an impression the spectator Inquiry
OF old woman elected the fact that the air was
known the Welding tune" that Il had no counso
on with hymns and that the eoiorsd sris all
beloved that they must dance Whenever they heard Il
played that they would BE- married The words
and nam. Of John Browns Body" wsrs - yst IN
known every In that obscure corner Of the
South II was convinced" Gays the writer. that the
tune vas older where the words we're unknevn than
where they were familiar"
can only add that there yet tn existence In the
United Ststes several vouoo airs and danesa and that
one Of the mast accomplished Ladies' whom I ever met
bad learned something OF them. Il 10 very proLsbs -
have already suggested. that In its origin "John
Brown belongs 70 this mysterious music"
Ara "A CNARIss q. LsiAIR
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The New and tho Old Fiction.

Nr. W. D. HowELLS has long been arguing
what the popular tasts in fiction ought to be.
It should be. as he expresses himself In the
last number Of Hdrper's Magasine, not for
"the romanccs OF no-man's land" but for
the fiction that docs not care to paint the
marvellous and impossible for the vulgar
many. or to sentimentalize or falsify the
actual for the vulgar few"
But as 1t actually Is. the popular taste In
fiction. even chat Of the literary elect," Ii
for those "rornances Of no-man's land" Of
which Mr.. HOwELLs speaks 30 contemptu-
ously IS appealing to the barbarous in man.
The novels Just now In greatest demand are
thnse of Mr.. RIDER HAsaAHD. stories which
ri ali others paint the marvellous and in-
possible" Both tho vulgar many" and
the Literary elect" are buying and read
inX them. 50 that for the moment they are
having o circulation that practically In
dudes tho whole nuvel-readin9 public. When
the HARPERs published " Allan QuaterInain,"
the last Of Mr.. HAaGARD's marvellous stories.
the demand was 80 great that within three
days an enormous edition was exhausted
and newsdoalers aud booksellers were scran-
bling to get an even partial supply. Then
came rival edltions, all OF which were quickly
taken up, and the book continues to have q
lal larger sale than any other novel. 1t is
everywhere on the news stands, and the
booksellers patronlzed by the Literary
elect" must keep 1t on their counters.
The taste for tho romances Of no. mans
land. we therefore see. Is as strong as ever
AMI as universal as over Such appetite as
there Is for Mr.. HowELLs's new school Of
fiction, which "does not care to paint the
marvellous and impossible Or t. senti-
mentalize and falsify tho actuSl." seems TO
be cultivated appetite merely. that soon
yields before tho natural craving for pure
romance and old-fashloned sentiment. Peo-
pie continue to m 1st thoroughly enjoy the fic-
ton that deals with IN unreal world OF senti-
ment and passton and adventure. They take
only very cold interest In the fiction which
Mr. HowELLs prefers. because 1t makes
them "know ono another better that they
may be all humbled and strengthened with
o sense OF their fraternity" They do not
want to be hutnblei aud strengthened by a
novel They want to ba entertained and
captivated. It Is not OF the world and OF
humtn nature a. they appear under the mi
crus,opic observation Of the scientific novel;
ist that they want to read. but OF them as
they might be and az they are made to seem
by the imagination Of the romancer.
Tho Critic has applied Mr.. HowELLs's
scientific method to ascertain the exact facts
as to tho taste for fiction, and flnds that they
do not look hopeful for his school OF fiction.
It has obtained from "a wholesale book
store whose trade extends over the northern
half OF the Mississippi valley" statistics
showing tho proportiontto salo during the
last five years OF the works OF those different
authors OF fiction. tho number 1000 repre-
seuiing the maximum:
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The strike expenses Of these unions were
therefore only $3.50 as against each 500
spent on benefit features, and were prob
ably not over IL per cent. Of the entire ex.
penditure. That Is a very encouraging
showing, for 1t indicates that the unions are
profiting by association to assist their needy
members. rather than to organize doubt
full strikes. They and other unions not
reporting to Mr.. BEMIs are In truth mutual
benefit societies. so that he reports that In
the course OF q recent somewhat extended
Investigation OF corporation in New England
and the Middle States. 1t fell to my lot to
visit the headquarters Of many OF the divis-
IONS Of organized labor, and great WAS my
surprise to find the extent to which they
were assisting the needy and finding work
Tor the unemployed"
Hero Is field In which workinRmen can
spend their money to much better effect than
In meeting the expenses OF political CAIN
paigns or keeping up an Anti-Poverty So
ciety which gathers weekly In a costly opera
house. Bypaying assessments much smaller
than those required for desperate strikes. too
provision may be made to insure every men,
Der against hardship because ofloss OF health
or employment.
In England the labor organizations have
already learned that lesson, seven Of the
largest Of them having spent only two per
cent Of their income In 1884 on strikes, and
only eight per cent. during the previous ak
years OF depression.
The wiscst unions are those which let pol
tiles alone and go to work to fight poverty.
not by talking against II In the Academy Of
Nusio, but by actually providing fund for
the relief Of members who else would SUI
fer from it
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Now Weapons Among savages.

Tho rapidity with which the use OF fire-
arms 10 spreading among savage peoples
shows more forcibly than anything else the
great changes that are following In the
wake Of the explorer. Many thousands OF
natives In the heart Of Africa who. In tho
days Of SPBKE and BAKER knew no weapons
except the bow and arrow and lance. now
have their cheap muskets and ample sup
plies Of ammunition. brought to them from
Zanzibar by large Arab caravans EMrN
Pasha Is surrounded by tribes who have dis
carded their own arms for the weapons
OF the white race. The fact that guns arc
being 80 extensively introduced into Africa
might before this have had marked and
disastrous effect upon some Of the white
enterprises were It not that none OF the tribes
Of Equatorial Africa has yet learned to make
potent use OF their new weapons.
STANLEY tolls OF the wild. aimless, and
harmless firing" OF the Zanzibaris, who have
handled guns for years Baron Won SoHwER1N
says that the Congo natives. who are buying
guns by the thousand. keep their powder to
add tn the noisa Of festive occasions and still
use their assegais aud arrows In warfare
This is not surprising when 1t Is remembered
that they are skilled In the use OF their
native weapons, while guns In their hands,
like Fourth Of July toy cannons, are little
more than dangerous playthings The Congo
State does not permit the importation OF per-
cussion or other improved firearms and the
natives are able to buy only flint locks made
In England specially for the African trade.
Lieut.. KUND Describes Congo tribe whom
he regards as remarkably skilled In the use
<>S ho ksNtr md A az nfa VI u
PAGES he saw them bury their arrow heads
side by side In the trunk o! tree. The two
famous dwaif tribes Of the Congo basin are
noted hunters, and do not hesitate to attack
the elephant or the fercest game Of the
jungles with their arrows and lancee. Mr..
FLRaKL tells OF two Niger tribes who are
usually at war Though one Of them is
armed with bows and arrows while the other
uses guns, the tribe which relies on the ma
tive weapons is almost always victorious.
While the Negroes new acquisition has not
yet been turned against the men who gave
it to him, 1t ls by no means certain that tho
putting Of firearms into the hands OF these
populous tribes will not some day be dis
astrous to the whites In Africa. The natives
do not become proficient in the use Of guns
90 rapidly as the American Indians did many
years ago. but they are burning a good deal
OF gunpowder and will be better marksmen
some day The Congo State Is drilling not Q
few OF them In the use Of firearms, and they
are now serving as soldiers at number Of
the white stations. Some native archers Of
Africa have no trouble In knocking over
small objects like hare with an arrow at
thirty or forty yards 1t Is to be hoped that
before they acquire anything like equal pro-
fciency in the use OF firearms the whites will
have got good grip on all parts OF Africa
where civilization can make any Roadway.
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Why DIR. Parker Likes America.

In the last sermon preached by him before
coming to this country to dsliver eulogy
on HENRY WARD BBECHER, the Rev. DR..
PARKER told his London congregation that
he was attracted to the United States be-
cause lin America there are no Dissenters. !"
He Is an English Congregationalist, and he
prefers to be here because there Is no Estab-
lished Church with US.
But does he 80 feel because Of his strong
conviction against any union OF Church and
State, and because he thinks that here he
can be OF more service as religious teacher?
1t seems not, for he thus explained his mean
ing In q conversation with reporter upon
his arrival last Sunday:
-In England every D,ssenter has to suffer. great
many disabilities have been removed. but still the Ens
ish Ds.ener will he end Of the chapter be regarded
~ an inferior by the Established Church All wealth
and prestige and ali historical family standing arc tn BE-
found inside Of the Establishment far - knK and 10
concerned. To the best Of my knowledge not Duke
Earl Narquis or visoount 10 connected with Ensdsh
non. conformity"
DR.. PARKEB's reason for preferring this
country is, then. o snobbish reason. He
thinks that he will be better placed socially.
But what difference does 1t make tn a preacher
who Is thoroughly convinced OF the truth Of
the doctrines he exp',unds and Of mems
heed Of them II he is regarded as inferior by
an Established Church, and Dukes and Mar
quises refuse to listen to him ? The Twelve
Disciples were not the fashionable favorites
OF their day. and the Jewish Church looked
upon them with contempt.
But, however they may be regarded by the
Established Church. nearly half the popula-
ton Of England are not even nominaily In
its communion. The estimates are-there
are no accurate figures -lS. 100000 In the
Church Of England and IL 900 outside "
It. Shall. then. the Dissenters be left with
out ministers because "all the wealth and
prestige" OF the kingdom are In the Estab-
lishment, and It Ii not fashionable to be out.
side Of It?
But even here, as DR.. PARKER will find
after he has been with US longer. there are
very great social differences between the
leading religious denominations. A Congre-
gatIonal minister Is not commonly rated 80
high by fashionable society as an Episcopal
minister. and Baptist or Methodist minis
ter Ia apt to be put further down the scale. In
many communities the social lines are drawn
sharply according to the denominational diff
ferences. IT, therefore. q preacher Is a snob,
he can be made just "a uneasy here as In
England by social discrimination.
We should say that It would be Drawer to
stay In England and fight to break up the
union OF Church and State than to abandon
the struggle by coming over here to win
better social position. but practically DR..
PARKER will ind himself in respect Of society
about the same here as he was at home.
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tue CHINESE ooscEssSoxa
Arrival % she rnpeVtai Eavey win Csuet
Mttkieres st Tee Heed.


CHICAGO, Sept AIT the Grand Pacific
Hotel to-day IL an imperial envoy from China
en- route for Philadelphia TO negotiate With .
syndicate Of Philadelphia capitalists TOR the
purpose OF establishing q system Of American
banks In the Celestial kingdom The delega-.
ton consists Of Count Eugene d. Mitkiewes.
Mr. Ma Kie Chung. . mandarin; Mr.. Ii. Mr.
TEu. &. A. Stern. +. B. Rae. and e. 3. Bsrbehe.
The two latter gentlemen arc cleo ricians, and
have secured for tho syndicate the exclusive
telephone franchise for the kingdom. The
main banking house will be located at Shsng-
hal. with branches In all the principal elites.
Mr.. Stern. who has conducted tho negotiations.
Gays there will also be great deal Of Chinese
capt nj invested In the prodigious undertaking.
II will be. 10 fact, national banking system.
eAjoylns the special favor Of the imperial Gov
do with the enterprise. Most u the American
isIst: The marty ioit for hat city Al o'clock
wAsHlNoroN. Sent a..Advicss received at
the Department Of state from Tientsin. China
sions reported to have been made recently By
we Chinese Goyernment to certain Amefleans.
Barke! 81 phiiadelphia and Eugene Mitkie-
wtcz 81 New York city the sole and exclusive
a. The trsSsy PORTS y china Tor psriod o. iiS
years. In their original memorial the Rrantors
sought TO- obtain the. privilege Of connecting
the Interior cities with the treaty ports, but
this was strongly objected to BY the director Of
the Chinese Telegraph. and the grant Was re-
fused II IL undersiood. however. that q propo-
sition to unite the two companies has been
made. and received the sanction Of the viceroy.
The Department is informed OF the denarture
Of Mr.. Miikiewicz with Chinese embassy for
Washington. where they arc expected 70 arrive
during the present month. Their mission 10
regarded as OF the greatest Importance. Ii
TsunR Tai. the senior envoy. has hold tho
rank OF Taotai for many yeara. and filed other
important posts in the empire. He II an uncle
OF the present Chinese Minister TO tile United
States. Ma-Chien. Chang. his colleague hsa
been connected with tho Chinese Government
"a Nieeroy's Ganen for many years. and after
ward with steamship companies running be-
tween China and Enrope. He Is highly edu-
Gated. speaking English and French and has
resided 10 Europe for several years Tho en-
bassy bears letter from the Viceroy to Serre-
tary Bayard. referring, 10 the long existing
friendship between China and the United
States, and EXPRESSING o desire for an extern
sion Of the commercial relations between the
two countries.
Mr.. Mitkiewicz also brings with him. accord
4 Chinese national bank. which has received
mitted to q Philadelphia syndicate for ap-
prevail The envoys have full power to ratify
any agreement or charter negotiated.
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Fore,x. Note. Of R.., l.s.-..s

A tree planted 70 the memory Of Charles Darwin IN
Cambridge was recently stolen
During the rscen, eclipse Of the sun the Russian
Nihiii.s scattered their pamphlets all over Russia.
Tie young Duke Of Albany. aged = began his career
last week BY laying corner stons Il VA pronounced
well and truiy laid"
Col Aaplesou has soprano called Siqutto whs
be burn In Virginia In tbs southern part Of
North America" and was stolen by the Indians Of
NiAgzra" in her youth Her voice Interesting
her history.
Henry Lbouchsre calls the list Of killed and wounded
In the recent BurnAh campaign tho butchers bil"
There are i.'h' deal and 25u' wounded.
Tho funeral OF y. Pssdsioup> the famous musical d.
OF rarin vas atlspdsd OF By . must dis
tinxuished company.
land and exhibited IL the Thames 20 general I'D.
mration
uoatinE exhibition Of Spanish products viii make
tour Of the South American port with the object Of
opening markets for spanish xooda
Mr. Violet has eampsa for three nights on the summit
OF Mont Blanc
Il that the pictures and siatuestss Of Cen
Boulaugsr hat have been sold such number Paris
we're .he product OF German enterprise and have en-
riched German poekstA
Frsuch dscollsts fashion-ths back Of the drsss b.
Ing open almost 70 tbs waist-s In favor especially
among the American girls at Homburg
There . movement In france 10 declare the day Of
Joan OF Arc sntra Orleans . national holiday.
The Cbinsss Government has ordered t.5ID gross Of
bottled beer for the rhinss- navy.
The Parisian porter concierge has become IN
popular that special newspaper has been started called
the Am CSAei.rs
The Popsa third niece Maria Psec will sooa Be mar
risd n Count haronL one OF the Popss Guard The
Pope gives the lrousssau and the dowry. ELooo
The E7ooo' vsn TO Queen Victoria her jubilee win
be devoted 10 the training narseA
10 an anglers competition In BELGIUM aos competed
each having hIl numbered siAlion OF
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1887-09-04

Prince FERDINAND has congratulated tho
Gear on the anniversary Of his coronation.
The Car hasn't had = very pleasant time since
he came to tho throne. but he can have the
grim satisfaction Of nedectinR that be 10 not
likely to be called upon 70 congratulate Fer.
DINASD upon the anniversary Of the Iatter's
coronation.
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Bar ua-ssr's Latss, AaasAsn


b atoppinE At Hodek \ |. the AttYaedu 70 an the I'm
grsssLnabls Eirs 81 Rar larior They compare him 70
Montague UsrEs kilnold t'sia'Hd rsAris and ali The
otter rais bsAitss u the mimic and fairly rave
.opu. ns-a .noks oirs aud der Eonsn shS ought
the Rnf'rk r.ay1As for hpJrs cot glance al h m,
Nhtis he. VITA uncorir6n tor uucs Ar.s a. n ne Gers
sniirsly unaware u al the alteration lAVshsd upon Al
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1887-09-04

A man eighty years Of age was held In bail
at the Tombs yesterday on the charge Of boat
ing and abusing his wife That lady testified
that her lord beats her for refusing to light his
pipe. which he has the luxurious but danger
Gus habit OF smoking In bed. II Is unfortunate
II many wife beaters possess . constitution
enabling them to 10 vigorous at eighty. and II
Is more comforting to believe that they die
young. They deserve to. any way.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1887-09-04

THAKoRE SAHIB Of Limbdi seems to be q
bigger man at Newport than even the Duke Of
MARLBOROUGH. With his splendid turban and
flowing robes THAkoRE ls much more pietur-
esIue than an English swell. In the same way
Col. RED SHIRT has excited moro attention In
London than such fine old English gentle
man as Minister PHELPS.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1887-09-04

This List Is not as valuable rs test OF the
popular taste for fiction as one which might
be obtained from tho American News Com
pany OF New York or from Mr.. MUNRO,
the publisher Of the cheap reprints OF novels,
for the sales Of tho vaIiuus cheap " libraries"
Of fiction ara not included. Mr.. RIDKR HAo-
oAAD, q viii bst,ohssrsed. b omitted alto
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An American physician. taking notes on
the ambulance system. has been arrested as Q
spy near Toulouse It seems to be as sus-
picous an action for traveller to display Q
notebook In France or Germany rs 1t is to
have an American chin beard or an Irish &C.
cent In England. SPIES and dynamite-at least
for homo consumption two moro bug
bears that Europe fears and America ieera
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The Wise Unions.

One OF tho most valuable features Of the
trndes unions has been their accumuintions OF
money for the benefit Of sick and disabled
members, and members out Of work. Mr..
EDWARD W. BEMIs, therefore, has gone to
great labor to find out how much has been
actually accomplished In this direction. and
he gives the result Of his Inquiries In paper
contributed TO the Political Science Quarterly.
In the fall OF last year he sent to the Sec
rctaries Of n national and international
trndes unions In this country series oi
questions as to the working Of their mutual
benefit features. From II labor orRaniza-
lions alone he obtained fairly complete re-
turns. from which he complies this table,
showing their membership and total benefit
and strike expenses for lsss or 1894. as the
case may be:
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LEGAL Pride.

Hotel Guest Ito strangerl-I see you arc from
New York city. Sir
STRANGER tprOadlyl-So cir; I'm . Brooiiya nAA
az ssy s,ss s:S SSs I, No. 'ess
you are FaHi.lero1 frOm AsS York
strs,.sss-sYsA aware Eecssas HsS Yea WAss n
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1887-09-04

"No man resolved to lead q good life can
load the life OF politician Such is the re-
markable assertion Of the Nso Orleans 70
ayune.
One Of the most resourceful. experienced.
and succeasful politicians In the world bears
tho name Of GLADSTONE II Il the general
opinion that no has led pretty good life.
And the lives Of American politicians will
compare favorably with ,bose Of civil service
reformers. those saints Of tho Chinese calendar.
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The Convention Of the American Micro
scopical Society has adjourned without trying
to find lvEs's conscience.